<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><span style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="white-space:pre"> <span style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;">Public talk</span><br style="font-weight: bold; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;">Zolile Mguda a PhD student at UCT will give a free public lecture at South African Astronomical Observatory on Saturday, April 28 at 20h00. Title of his talk is </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;">"Reflections of Rainbows".</span><span style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;"> There will be stargazing after the talk, if the weather is good. </span><br style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;"><br style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;">Summary of the talk</span><br style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;">The sheer activity of seeing is a
reaction to light being reflected off an object into our line of
sight. Rainbows have captured the human imagination since the dawn of
civilisation. Zolile Mguda will explore the myth of the saying, “A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.” Furthermore, he will explain the causes of rainbows,
why even the moonlight can sometimes give us the “rainbow”. This will be followed by a discussion on the science behind
rainbows using everyday language and everyday examples. Accordingly, using ones imaginations to look out for the rarer sightings of
rainbows.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br></div><br style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;"><div style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;"><span name="x"></span>-- <br>Regards<br><br>Thembela Mantungwa<br>S.A. Astronomical Observatory<br>Tel: 021 460 9319<br>Fax: 086 612 7502<br>Email: tm@saao.ac.za<br>Website: www.saao.ac.za / www.salt.ac.za<br><span name="x"></span><br></div><br></div></body></html>